Winter tires - no TPMS

It cannot be legally disarmed federal law (part of the TREAD act)makes it a crime for anyone to disable or make inoperative the TPMS.

Some installers load your old tires/wheels into your vehicle. The argument is that they didn't disable the system, even though it is rendered useless. They know you will go home and unload the tires. You are now the criminal who has disabled the system.

About the only legal solution is to install the proper sensors. Sorry.

Stick all the sensors in a space saver tire (small tire) in your trunk.

Hmm, good idea.

Why not pop off the spare tire, throw the sensors in it and refill with air? This will let you know when your spare runs low. :)

That's what he said !!!

Sort of, but not.

Well, unless the Outlander uses a space saver.

Actually I was thinking about an additional small spare tire which you would never use. If you placed several sensors in your *real* spare tire, then needed to use it, the sensors would rattle around in there and it would not be balanced. And maybe the rattling around when starting/stopping would damage them?

Ah, I see what you are doing but why not just properly install one (or all) of them in the real spare and make them useful. Nothing worse when you have a flat then finding out your spare only has 10 psi in it.

Not if you glued them. :)

Ideally, you should of had them mounted to your rims.

It shouldn't cost that much to do so, now.

never use. If you placed several sensors in your

there and it would not be balanced. And maybe the

Yep, been there, done that.

Hell, I've even had a flat and used a good spare. When I eventually went to a tire shop to have the original tire replaced I found that not only the wheel, but the entire spare tire carrier was stolen.

Why not just ignore it for a few months? Does it make itself that obnoxious?

Bob

When I park the van in the garage the DIC and sensors communicate and resync for a while till I leave again - too funny.

yes, thats what i'm doing. it flashes for a few minutes then light stays on. no big deal really. who knew